Students learn ways to help a friend who cuts, being an informed friend, and how important it is to help.

This is a supplemental article that discusses the issues of self-esteem. In this article self-esteem is defined. Other topics that are discussed are examples of self-esteem problems, why self-esteem is important, and steps to improving self-esteem.

Students learn how they can lose weight in a safe and healthy manner. The article informs students how to find a healthy weight for their body frame and height and then provides tips for success.

Students will learn how teens can quit smoking. Topics discussed include: the difficulty in kicking the habit, strategies that work, physical and mental effects of quitting, and explains how slip-ups may happen.

Students learn about how to resist the urge to cut, how to calm yourself, and how to get help.

Students will learn about the function of the immune system and the relationship between the immune system and diseases or disorders.

This is an activity about ultraviolet light. Learners will make ultraviolet light detector bracelets and use them to experiment with artificial light and sunlight. Then, they experiment with various sun-blocking materials to see how such materials impact the beads' absorption of ultraviolet light. Special UV detecting beads are required for this activity. This is Activity 3 of the Sun As a Star afterschool curriculum.

Students learn about cliques including what they are, why students join them, and how to get help when feeling left out.

Students learn about HIV and AIDS including how they are spread and how they can be prevented.

Students will be able to explain the difference between informal and formal groups and will be able to list various rules and/or behaviors that would enhance a group's ability to function effectively.

In this lesson, students learn that their bodies were designed to give them signals when they are hungry and when they are full.

Students will design a survey to explore their classmates' feelings and experiences with bullying. Once the class has participated in the survey, they will analyze the data, discussing implications and how they can improve/build classroom community.

This resource provides information on how much physical activity adults need to stay healthy.

Students will learn the importance of getting the right amount of sleep each night. Most teens need about 8‚ to more than 9 hours of sleep each night. Getting the right amount of sleep is essential for anyone who wants to do well on a test or play sports without stumbling. Unfortunately, though, many teens don't get enough sleep.

This resource provides questions to check student knowledge about the health benefits of getting enough sleep.

This resource provides questions to see how much the students know about tobacco.